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Explosive AI buildout brings into question water supply concerns — exploring how data centers could curb water demands

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 10:42 EDT

Explosive data center construction projects under the new AI boom may threaten to damage local water sources and compete with citizens for access to clean drinking water. Read more ›

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Sam Altman backs away from OpenAI's statements about possible U.S. gov't AI industry bailouts — company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 10:29 EDT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified on Thursday that the company does not "have or want government guarantees" for its data centers. Read more ›

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Dutch government allegedly folds to supply chain pressure, will relinquish control of Nexperia in China spat — reports say deal contingent upon China allowing firm to resume chip exports

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 09:08 EDT

The Dutch government is ready to relinquish its control over Nexperia if Beijing allows its China factory to resume exports. Read more ›

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Jensen Huang confirms there are no plans to ship Blackwell GPUs to China right now, chipmaker at Beijing's mercy — Nvidia CEO says shipments haven't been approved by Chinese authorities

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 09:02 EDT

After President Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated that Nvidia will be barred from selling its most advanced chips to China, Jensen Huang has now confirmed that there are currently no active discussions on the matter. In fact, Nvidia also requires authorization from China itself before it can sell GPUs to local firms. Read more ›

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It's rare, but we found an RTX 5070 that's at actual MSRP — Just $479.99 for this MSI RTX 5070 in Newegg's early Black Friday sales

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 08:19 EDT

Newegg's early Black Friday deals show this MSI RTX 5070 GPU at well under MSRP for $479.99 Read more ›

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This £249 MSI gaming monitor unlocks 4K on a budget — save £100 on this dual-mode display with up to 320Hz refresh rate

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 08:12 EDT

Save 29% on this 27-inch MSI MAG 272URDF gaming monitor, capable of 4K gaming. Read more ›

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Linux software management made simple with Discover

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 08:00 EDT

Software management in Linux can be a daunting task for the uninitiated, so when Discover popped up, offering an easy-to-use and powerful user interface, we had to take a look. Read more ›

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QIDI Q2 Combo review: Great high temp printer, but skip the box

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 08:00 EDT

The QIDI Q2 is a great 3D printer, but the QIDI Box? Not so much. Read more ›

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The world is overly reliant on one US-located mine for critical chipmaking material, but China is working to break the stranglehold — China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 07:40 EDT

High-purity quartz is crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, and you can only get it naturally from the mine in North Carolina. Read more ›

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Substrate's claims about revolutionary ASML-beating chipmaking technology scrutinized, analyst likens the venture to a fraud — report pokes holes in the startup's technology, messaging, and leaders

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 07:20 EDT

Analyst likens Substrate's tech, messaging, and leadership to a fraud. Read more ›

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Asus to include sag detection for monstrous new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 GPU — Level Sense can warn users of a mere 0.10 degree shift

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 07:05 EDT

Asus' new ROG Matrix RTX 5090 GPU is so big that it will ship with Level Sense technology at launch. The feature can detect a shift of just 0.10 degrees to help prevent GPU sag. Read more ›

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Corsair HX1000i SHIFT 1000W power supply review

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 07:00 EDT

A revolutionary power supply that reimagines cable management with side-mounted connectors and integrated iCUE ecosystem control, delivering flagship performance for builders willing to embrace its unique compatibility requirements and premium pricing. Read more ›

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Defying anti-cheat, creator gets Battlefield 6 running on 12-year-old AMD FX-9590 CPU, playable at 40+ FPS in 786p with an RX 5700 GPU — experiment reveals only SecureBoot, not TPM, is necessary for Javelin anti-cheat

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 11/07/2025 07:00 EDT

AMD's Bulldozer-era FX-9590 CPU from 2013 managed to run Battlefield 6 at over 30 FPS at 1080p resolution, boosting to 40+ FPS at lower resolutions on smaller maps. FX-9590, despite being more than a decade old, does support SecureBoot, which was enough for BF6 launch, confirming TPM is not neccesary. Read more ›

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Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft's first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card

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Tom's Hardware · 11/07/2025 06:45 EDT

Raymond Chen has shared some insight into the development of Microsoft’s first hardware product, the Z-80 SoftCard, from 1980. Read more ›

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GTA 6 delayed again, this time to November 2026 — Rockstar says extra time needed to deliver quality that players have 'come to expect and deserve'

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 16:44 EDT

Rockstar has just announced that perhaps the most highly anticipated game in history has been delayed once again. Originally set to release on May 26, 2026, GTA VI will now hit consoles on November 19, 2026 — marking a six-month delay, similar to initial pushback from Fall 2025. Read more ›

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Apple's latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini are on sale ahead of Black Friday — several models drop to all-time low prices

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 12:52 EDT

Is now the time to pick up a new MacBook with an M4 inside? Apple's iconic laptops are at their lowest-ever prices ahead of Black Friday Read more ›

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This $234.99 Intel Arc B580 is a brilliant budget-friendly graphics card upgrade – 12GB of VRAM unlocks 1440p gaming, with Battlefield 6 thrown in for free

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 11:56 EDT

Save 25% on this Intel Arc B580 graphics card, fit for 1440p gaming on a budget. Read more ›

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AMD's budget Ryzen 5 7500X3D leaks out in early benchmarks, scores hint at performance on par with existing 7600X3D — budget offering could pack a punch in both single and multi-core tests

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 11:08 EDT

AMD's rumored upcoming budget CPU, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, has just been spotted on GeekBench with solid single-core and multi-core results that put it on par with the 7600X3D, while having the same 96 MB of L3 cache. Unfortunately, for value-conscious gamers, the price of DDR5 right now might turn you away from the cheapest X3D chip on the AM5 platform. Read more ›

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As expected, Nvidia's $3,999 mini AI supercomputer is terrible for gaming — DGX Spark struggles to hit 50 FPS at 1080p on medium settings in Cyberpunk 2077

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 10:59 EDT

Redditor puts the DGX Spark to the test in gaming, specifically CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077. Read more ›

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Google deploys new Axion CPUs and seventh-gen Ironwood TPU — training and inferencing pods beat Nvidia GB300 and shape 'AI Hypercomputer' model

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Tom's Hardware · 11/06/2025 10:03 EDT

Google Cloud has launched new Axion CPU and Ironwood TPU instances that combine Arm-based general-purpose computing with 7th-generation AI acceleration. Ironwood-based pods with up to 9,216 chips and 42.5 FP8 ExaFLOPS per pod vastly surpass Nvidia's GB300 systems and form the foundation of Google's AI Hypercomputer for large-scale model training and inference. Read more ›

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